A Holocene black carbon ice-core record of biomass burning in the Amazon Basin from Illimani, Bolivia

Osmont, Dimitri; Sigl, Michael; Eichler, Anja; Jenk, Theo M.; Schwikowski, Margit

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-579-2019

Articles | Volume 15, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-579-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-579-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 2

Research article

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28 Mar 2019

Research article |

| 28 Mar 2019

A Holocene black carbon ice-core record of biomass burning in the Amazon Basin from Illimani, Bolivia

Dimitri Osmont, Michael Sigl, Anja Eichler, Theo M. Jenk, and Margit Schwikowski

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-15-579-2019-supplement

Data sets

Illimani, Bolivia, Holocene ice core black carbon data D. Osmont http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets/ice-core

Short summary

We present the first black carbon (BC) ice-core record from the Andes (Illimani, Bolivia). It spans the entire Holocene and reflects biomass burning emissions from the Amazon Basin, with high (low) concentrations during warm–dry (wet–cold) periods. The highest fire activity occurred during the Holocene Climatic Optimum (7000–3000 BCE). Recent BC levels, increasing since 1730 CE, do not exceed those of the Medieval Warm Period. The contribution from industrial and traffic emissions remains minor.